I definitely like a lot of the songs on South of Heaven, love a few, and dislike pretty much none, but it just doesn't hit as hard as it should, even compared to other thrash albums. I actually like "Spill the Blood" the most from that album, since it shows an atmospheric side to Slayer that they hadn't previously showed, but even then I think that sound was bettered on Seasons in the Abyss by the title track, which is quite possibly the best Slayer song of all-time.
South of Heaven is definitely better than the vast majority of thrash albums, but you still have to compare it to other Slayer albums, cause they're ****ing Slayer, and it just doesn't have the same impact as their first three albums (or four if you want to include Haunting the Chapel) and is also inferior to Seasons in the Abyss.
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